Monday, 11 February 2013

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

“Conspiracy theory” is a term that at once strikes fear and anxiety
in the hearts of most every public figure, particularly journalists and
academics. Since the 1960s the label has become a disciplinary device
that has been overwhelmingly effective in defining certain events off
limits to inquiry or debate. Especially in the United States raising
legitimate questions about dubious official narratives destined to
inform public opinion (and thereby public policy) is a major thought
crime that must be cauterized from the public psyche at all costs.

Conspiracy theory’s acutely negative connotations may be traced to
liberal historian Richard Hofstadter’s well-known fusillades against the
“New Right.” Yet it was the Central Intelligence Agency that likely
played the greatest role in effectively “weaponizing” the term. READ MORE

One of the founding fathers of the EU, Jean Monnet, totally rejected the idea that Europe should consist of sovereign nations.

For this to be achieved without the peoples of Europe realising what was happening, the plan was to be accomplished in successive steps. Each was to be disguised as having an economic purpose, but all, taken together, would inevitably and irreversibly lead to federation. After Europe’s coal and steel production were pooled, Europe’s atomic programmes were to be co-ordinated. The following quote has been attributed to Monnet: “Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose but which will irreversibly lead to federation.”